chapters 7-8

Chapters 7-8

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150 days of flooding

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2/17 7/17 10/1 1/1 2/27

Civil calendarSacred calendar 1/17

1/14 (Thu): Passover (Last supper)

1/15 (Fri): Jesus crucified

1/16 (Sat): Sabbath

1/17 (Sun): Jesus rised

The date Jesus rised

Christ (the ark) went through the water of death under God’s judgement, and then rised from the dead (in Ararat). Those who are in Christ also rised with Him.

Ark rested on the

mountainsof Ararat

Sent out a dov

e

So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. (1 Cor 15:45-46)

Raven:

eating corrupted meat and junk (unclean bird)

Natural life, lust for the world

Dove:

pure and obedient (clean bird)

Spiritual life, long for holiness and life

Adam-Christ; Ishmael-Issac; Esau-Jacob;

Born-born again; Natural body-spiritual body

Saul-David;

Besides the Bible, 200+ races in the world (from Asia, Euro

pe to Latin America) also have legends about an ancient gr

eat flood, which was somewhat the same as

the one in the Bible.

China: Nuwa repaired the wall of heaven

After Nuwa (sound like Noah) had repaired the wall of heav

en with five-colored stones, the rain stopped.

The Bible said, after the flood had receded, rainbow appear

ed in the sky. God made a covernant with Noah by it.

Is the deluge and the ark a myth?

Chinese character “ship”portrays the first ship

in human history – the ark

boat

eight

family member

95% legends: The cause of the flood was a catastrophe.

95% legends: The flood was worldwide.

88% legends: Only one family was saved in the flood.

70% legends: The family was saved through a ship.

67% legends: Not only people but animals were also saved.

57% legends: The ship rested on a mountain top after the flood.

33% legends: Birds were sent to see if the land was dry after the flood.

13% legends: There was a sacrifice after the flood.

9% (about 20-30 races) legends: Eight persons were saved.

7% (about 20 races) legends: There was a rainbow after the flood.

It is found that the nearer the race lived from the mid

dle east, the more similar their legends about the floo

d is to the Bible. On the other hand, those races lived

far away from the middle east, their legends are less

similar to the Bible.

Are Chinese also descendants of Noah?

The ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, which is west of the Pamir Mountains and north of Mesopotamia. The Silk road passed by it. It was said that Huangdi, the ancester of the Chinese, entered China from the west of the Pamirs.

Ararat Pamir Mountains

Silk road

Xian

The deluge (and the red sea) symbolizes the baptism th

at saves us from the wicked generation

through whom (the Holy Spirit) also he (Christ) went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.

In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also…. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1 Pet 3:19-21)

The days of Noah symbolizes the end time

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. (Matt 24:37-38)

Chapters 9-10

Ark:

Flood:

Ark rested on Ararat:

8 members in Noah’s family:

Christ

Baptism

Raised from the water of death

(believers “in Christ”)

(believers buried and raised with Christ)

8 symbolizes “resurrection”

Coming out of the ark:

First thing:

Burn offering:

Spiritual sacrifices in N.T.:

New life after resurrection

Built the altar and offered the sacrifice

Offering oneself

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship. (Rom 12:1)

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise-- the fruit of lips that confess his name. (Heb 13:15)

New changes:

1. Man could eat meat

2. Death sentence allowed (human government began)

3. Rainbow appeared as a sign of covernant

AramAsshurElam

Lud

JoktanDedan

Havilah

Sheba

Hazarmaveth

PutMizraim(Egypt)

Cush

Seba

Can

aan

Caphtorim

Sabtah

Nimrod

Tarshish

Tiras

JavanDodanim

MeshechElishah

Kittim

Tubal

TogarmahMadai

JaphethJapheth

HamHam

Havilah

Sheba

Ararat

Arphaxad

Ophir

ShemShem

Raamah

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (Prov 18:21)

For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. (Ps 33:9)

Man was made according to God’s image, So his words also have power.

Power of words

Consequence of blessing & curse

Bible time World History

Ham

(black)

Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by Israelites



Ham

(black)

Canaanites: corrupted in faith & moral, and was finally conquered by the Israelites



Ham

(black)


Africans: undeveloped, poor & enslaved



Ham

(black)



Shem

(name)



Ham

(black)



Shem

(name)Bible & Christ (salvation) came from the Jew



Ham

(black)



Shem


Japheth

(expand)



Ham

(black)



Shem


Japheth

(expand)

Tarshish (Spain) was

the end of the earth

Japheth lives in the tents of Shem: the gentile and the Jew become one in Christ


Ham

(black)



Shem


Japheth

(expand)

Tarshish (Spain) was

the end of the earthEuropeans: Good in politics, science & arts


God blessed Adam and Noah

Noah blessed Shem and Japheth

Melchizedek blessed Abram

Issac blessed Jacob

Jacob blessed his 12 sons and 2 grandsons

Moses blessed the 12 tribes

The priests blessed the Israelites

Examples of blessing in the Bible

Applications

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. (Rom 12:14)

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. (1 Pet 3:9)

Out of the same mouth come praise (blessing) and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. (James 3:10)

Revoking curses

Seven Indications of a Curse:

1. Mental and/or emotional breakdown (usually came from some form of occult involvement)

2. Repeated or chronic sickness (especially if hereditary)

3. Barrenness, a tendency to miscarry or related female problems

4. Breakdown of marriage and family alienation

5. Continuing financial insufficiency

6. Being “accident-prone”

7. A history of suicides and unnatural or untimely deaths

(Blessing or Curse You Can Choose – Derek Prince )

chapters 7-8

Documents

races legends

days of noah

ancient great flood

descendants of noah

ark boateightfamily

resurrection of jesus

jesus crucified116

mountains of ararat